JACKIE ROBINSON TRIED OUT FOR THE WHITE SOX

In May 1947, Jackie Robinson made his debut in Chicago, in front of a sold-out crowd at Wrigley Field, and in front of a young Mike Royko, who grabbed a foul ball Robinson hit. When Robinson died, Royko wrote a column about the day, and about selling the ball to a black man for $10 (about a day's pay) that reminds me of Don DeLilllo's Pafko at the Wall: When I left the ball park, with that much money in my pocket, I was sure that Jackie Robinson wasn't bad for the game.

Someone else captured film of that day at Wrigley.

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http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/The-312/April-2013/When-Jackie-Robinson-Tried-Out-for-the-White-Sox/